Started on Aug 28, 2026.
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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Municipio San Ramón, Bolivia, which has grown to 480 hectares (1,186 acres) since it started on August 26, 2026. Data from NASA's FIRMS shows 19 heat detections clustering nearby over the last 48 hours, illustrating how far the fire has spread across the landscape during the dry season.
This incident unfolds against a wider backdrop across Bolivia, where 721,844 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 89% below the country's two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Bolivia for 2 days. In total it burned about 380 ha (939 acres) — around 3.8 km².
Close to the tropics, fires tend to follow the dry season and are often linked to land-clearing rather than a single summer peak.
The bigger picture in Bolivia
Across Bolivia, roughly 1,326,648 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 79% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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